Does anyone clean fish?

[1KielsonDrive]

It's very easy to clean fish.

Absolutely is. I learned to clean fish as a kid. The results were always good. Fresh cooked fish, Perch, Sunfish, Bass, etc is Deeelicious. You might have to practice a bit to find the bones, pull and cut them out and identify easiest methods for different fish, but it's well worth it.

[Ray1936]

Absolutely is. I learned to clean fish as a kid. The results were always good. Fresh cooked fish, Perch, Sunfish, Bass, etc is Deeelicious. You might have to practice a bit to find the bones, pull and cut them out and identify easiest methods for different fish, but it's well worth it.

Sounds like me. I always cleaned the fish I caught. Sometimes I wondered why I bothered with a six inch bluegill, but what little meat there was was delicious. I also used to examine the contents of the stomach of any bass I caught to see what they were feeding on. Crawfish and small frogs were not uncommon, but minnows were the norm.

Cleaning fish is part of being a fisherman, IMHO.

[Django]

Cleaning fish is part of being a fisherman, IMHO.

WORD, Its not nearly as bad as you may have built it up in your head,and youll feel like you accomplished something.Killing and cleaning your own food is something all carnivores should have to do and experience, although Ive never slaughtered a cow, deer and small game was a part of growing up. Thats part of being a Michigander LOL.

Go for it, get yer hands dirty.

Its a simple and fairly bloodless process. Where do you plan on fishing? Im near BelleIsle, I could give you a lesson in exchange for a fillet.

Either way good luck

[Thruster315]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dvKrHy044U

[trotwood]

WORD, Its not nearly as bad as you may have built it up in your head,and youll feel like you accomplished something.Killing and cleaning your own food is something all carnivores should have to do and experience, although Ive never slaughtered a cow, deer and small game was a part of growing up. Thats part of being a Michigander LOL.

Go for it, get yer hands dirty.

Its a simple and fairly bloodless process. Where do you plan on fishing? Im near BelleIsle, I could give you a lesson in exchange for a fillet.

Either way good luck

We'd be fishing dwn by BI. I may take you up on the lesson one day. Oh does that mean I'd have to cook the fillet? LOL

[trotwood]

Sounds like me. I always cleaned the fish I caught. Sometimes I wondered why I bothered with a six inch bluegill, but what little meat there was was delicious. I also used to examine the contents of the stomach of any bass I caught to see what they were feeding on. Crawfish and small frogs were not uncommon, but minnows were the norm.

Cleaning fish is part of being a fisherman, IMHO.

Which is why I've never tried to be a fisherman lol.

[1KielsonDrive]

Absolutely is. I learned to clean fish as a kid. The results were always good. Fresh cooked fish, Perch, Sunfish, Bass, etc is Deeelicious. You might have to practice a bit to find the bones, pull and cut them out and identify easiest methods for different fish, but it's well worth it.

We'd put the fish remains in a turtle trap [[basket partially submerged in the water) at the end of the dock. The heads would often be nailed to a tree, especially if it was a BIG fish, like a Pike, Bass or Muskie, where they'd stay for sometimes a year or so depending upon raccoons appetites. Fresh fish fried up in a pan over a fire is about as good as it gets.